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ALi Bus Master IDE Driver Setup Utility
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1. Intruduction
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This setup utility install ALi bus master IDE driver for
Win95/98/NT. ALi bus master IDE driver supports DMA/Ultra33
features. After ver 3.40, IDE driver will add support for
Ultra66 feature on ALi chipsets with Ultra66 features.
2. Install/Uninstall
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Run setup.exe to install/uninstall ALi bus master IDE driver.
The setup utility detects the OS version and installs the
suitable driver automatically.
3. Attention
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A. When the Win95 install the software for primary and secondary
channel for IDE driver, please DO NOT RESTART COMPUTER after
Win95 just finish primary channel. Let Win95 continue to install
software for secondary channel. After secondary channel is
finished, the RESTART COMPUTER to let new installed IDE driver
to take effect.
B. DOS CD-ROM and IDE drivers will conflict with ALi bus master
driver in Win95/98. Please remove "mscdex" command line from
autoexec.bat and remove the specification "device=Your DOS
CD-ROM and/or IDE driver" from config.sys.
C. If some errors occur after ALi bus master driver is installed,
the user can disable DMA feature of CDROM/Disk. If the error
condition still exists, run setup.exe to remove ALi bus master
driver.
Procedure to disable DMA :
- Open "System" icon from control panel.
- Select "Device Manager" tab.
- Open "CDROM" or "Disk Drive" and choose the device.
- Double click the device and select "setting" tab.
- Uncheck DMA check box.
- Restart
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.